Dedication

To my friend Major-General A. W. Drayson as a slight token of my admiration for his great and as yet unrecognised services to astronomy this little volume is dedicated. (in Longmans, 1890 & Hodder, 1900)

Preface

Preface : For the use of some of the following Tales I am indebted to the courtesy of the proprietors of "Cornhill," "Temple Bar," "Belgravia," "London Society," "Cassell's," and "The Boy's Own Paper." A. Conan Doyle, M.D.